Johnson powers Southeastern past Spring Hill for second win

Johnson powers Southeastern past Spring Hill for second win

HAMMOND — Roosevelt Johnson, who missed last game because of an injury, returned to tally season-highs of 21 points and 18 rebounds to lead Southeastern Louisiana past Spring Hill 71-61 Saturday in men’s college basketball.

Tied at 50 at the 8:49 mark, Southeastern Louisiana scored seven straight points to take a 57-50 lead with 4:44 left to play. Johnson made a free throw and hit two jumpers during the stretch.

Spring Hill (2-13), which counted the contest as an exhibition, made it 57-54 on Alex Looney’s jumper at the 3:33 mark, but Johnson answered again with a jumper pushing the lead to five, 59-54 with 3:08 left to play.

The Lions made eight free throws in the final three minutes to seal the victory.

Robert Gipson led the Badgers with 23 points.

Nebraska 68, Nicholls State 59: In Lincoln, Neb., Brandon Ubel scored 18 points and Nebraska held on despite not making a field goal in the final 5:45.

Dylan Talley and David Rivers added 12 points each and Ray Gallegos 10 for the Cornhuskers (9-4), who went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line in the final minute.

Dentrall Thomas had 18 points and Amin Torres 12 for the Colonels (1-9).

Nicholls State scored eight straight points to cut the Nebraska lead to 58-54 on T.J. Carpenter’s 3-pointer with 59 seconds left.

The Colonels used a 12-4 run to get within 53-42 on Lachlan Prest’s 3-pointer with 6:17 left and made it a 10-point game on Fred Hunter’s bank shot with 4:56 left that made the score 56-46.

Nicholls State made just three of its first 20 shots and finished the first half 5-of-23. The Colonels shot 59 percent in the second half.

Arkansas 79, Northwestern State 61: In Fayetteville, Ark., BJ Young had 26 points and a career-high 13 rebounds to lead Arkansas.

Young added seven assists as the Razorbacks (8-4) won their fourth consecutive game.

Arkansas closed the game on a 20-8 run after Northwestern State pulled within 59-53 with just more than 8 minutes remaining. The Razorbacks held the Demons, the nation’s second-highest-scoring team, 25 points below their season average.

Tulane 71, Eastern Michigan 65: In New Orleans, former U-High star Whitney Bibbins scored 18 points as Tulane (9-2) won its openr in the Tulane/DoubleTree Classic. It was Bibbins’ sixth consecutive game to score in double figures and her seventh in eight games.